Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center

Our Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center provides comprehensive, compassionate and timely treatment to patients with Parkinson’s disease, ataxia, dystonia, essential and other tremors, Lewy body dementia, Frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s Chorea, motor stereotypies and other movement and imbalance disorders. Our goal is to offer knowledge and symptom control to help patients feel empowered and overcome barriers to living life to the fullest. Our multidisciplinary team of specialists includes neurologists, neurosurgeons and rehabilitation doctors, lifestyle wellness physicians, and other areas work together to determine the most appropriate treatment for your condition. You may work with rehabilitation specialists to manage problems with walking, speaking, swallowing and other aspects of daily life. Your treatment team also includes social workers, physical, occupational and recreational therapists to help you manage Parkinson’s disease. Our Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center is recognized national for our work in Parkinson’s and movement research and is offer our patients groundbreaking research. Clinical Trials available at Hawaii Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center Publications by our specialists and researchers at the Hawaii Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center Our specialists and staff are passionate about making a difference not just for our patients but for their precious families and caregivers. We understand the challenges of facing these issues and encourage our patients to seek out credible resources with local and national support groups.     Please click on their website below.

Jason Viereck, MD, PhD

Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center
Sub investigator, Parkinson’s Research Unit
Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of Hawaii John Burns School of Medicine
Neurology Residency: Boston University Medical School, Boston

Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Updates for Hawaii

Hawaii Awarded First Research Study on Lewy Body Dementia Investigating Remlifanserin (ACP-204)

The Hawaii Parkinson’s & Movement Center and Hawaii Parkinson’s Research Unit have been awarded Hawaiʻi’s first clinical research study focused on Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). This landmark study investigates ACP-204 (remlifanserin), an investigational medication developed to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Lewy Body Dementia, a condition with significant unmet medical need  . Understanding Lewy […]

Hawaii Parkinson’s Center Research Investigates Prasinezumab as a Potential Disease-Modifying Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers at the Hawaii Parkinson’s Disease Center and Hawaii Parkinson’s Research Unit are participating in groundbreaking research evaluating prasinezumab, an investigational monoclonal antibody that may become the first disease-modifying treatment to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. This research is part of the PARAISO clinical study, focusing on targeting aggregated α-synuclein, a key pathological protein […]

Meet Our

Multidisciplinary Team

Kore Kai Liow, M.D.


Neurology

Founder & Neuroscience Chair,
Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Clinical & Translational Research,
University of Hawai`i John A. Burns School of Medicine

Nicholas Anderson, MD


Sleep Medicine

Director, Sleep and Insomnia Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine,
University of Hawai`i John Burns School of Medicine

Paul Smith, M.D., M.P.H.

Self-Care and Wellness Center


Diplomate, American Board of Lifestyle Medicine
Residency: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
MPH: University of Hawaii
Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine

Darren DuGas, M.D.


Neurology

Director, Video-EEG Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)
Co-Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Sub- Investigator, Epilepsy Research Unit

Natalia Gonzalez Caldito, M.D.


Neurology

Director, MS & Neuroimmunology Center
Director, ALS & Neuromuscular Center & IV Infusion Center
Sub investigator, MS & Neuroimmunology & Neuromuscular Research Unit

Eonjung Angeline Kim, M.D.


Neurology

Director, Headache & Facial Pain Center
Sub- Investigator, Headache Research Unit

Michael Sonson, M.D.


Neurology
Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders


Director, Memory & Alzheimer’s Research Institute (MARI)

Candace Miyaki, D.O.


Sleep Medicine
Sleep Wake Center

Janette Abramowitz, M.D.


Neurology

Research Faculty, Brain Mapping Lab, Brain Research, Innovation & Translation Labs
Residency: Combined Neurology & Psychiatry University of Massachusetts Medical School Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Alexander Takayesu, M.D., M.P.H.


Psychiatry

Perinatal Psychiatry, Post Partum Depression
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine
SubInvestigator, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience

Chris Larrinaga, APRN-BC, MSN, CNRN


Neurology, Neuroscience

Sleep Medicine
Sub-Investigator, Clinical Research Center

Nicole Evans, PA-C


Neurology, Neuroscience

Sub-Investigator, Clinical Research Center

Qi Zhi, DNP, MPH, FNP-BC


Neurology, Neuroscience

Memory Disorders
Sub-Investigator, Clinical Research Center

Barbara Pitts, Ph.D.


Neuropsychology

Sub Investigator
Alzheimer’s Research Unit
Memory Research Scientist, Hawaii BRAIN Lab.

Qing X. Li PhD


Basic Science, Neuroscience

Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu

Our team is committed to reducing the disparity in health status of its racial and ethnic minority, rural, low-income, and other underserved populations.  We have therefore focused our efforts in caring for underserved, minority, diverse patient populations.  Click to review our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and work undertaken by Center for Neuroscience Diversity especially for the Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Population (AANHPI). 

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